Cheery Cherries Quilt

When I finished the twin kaleidoscope quilts, I needed a break. After procrastinating on my original economy block plan for this cherry fabric, this quilt came together in record time. I found the design, the math worked for the fabric I had (which was not much of the red print), and I had the planning done in a week. Initially I made 30 blocks. Then I made 12 more and pieced the top, but it needed one more row. Fortunately I had just enough leftover pieces of green fabric to make six more blocks. Thanks to a holiday weekend, I pieced the entire top in four days. I realized I've done very few quilts where the entire quilt is the exact same block, especially in the exact same fabric and orientation.

Kaleidoscope of Stars Quilt B

This quilt is a non-identical twin to my first kaleidoscope of stars quilt. The main difference is the combination of fabrics in the blocks, which you have to look rather closely to notice.

Kaleidoscope of Stars Quilt A

After giving a quilt to my cousin for his daughter's first birthday, I knew I would need to make quilts for this baby's future siblings and cousins, and by this time, my other cousin was expecting a baby boy, so I bought some fabric...and then we moved. Baby cousin #2 is now almost 18 months old, and I've finally finished his quilt!

 

Thread Count Quilt

I love the colors of this quilt. Although the design is very simple, it took forever to find a design that worked with these fabrics! It is called Thread Count by Amy Gibson. I used 5" squares and 5" x 15" strips.

Halloween Stockings

I am not sure what I was looking for when I came across this fabric, which I last used in 2014 and 2016 to make treat bags for my nieces (when there were only three of them!), but I decided to use it to make some Halloween stockings for them this year. I used up all the ghost fabric making two, and then figured I might as well use up the rest of the owls and pumpkins, so I made five more for them to share with their friends. Hopefully Lucy still likes little stockings as much as she did back when I was inspired to make mermaid and unicorn stockings.